mOALX OR COLA, 



for till' purpose of ahliitioii. Similar to most 

 nntivf trlho>, fln' fcmali's are married at a very 

 early age. 1 saw one in the Tuiiiat country, 

 whom I regarded Ma mer^diildt'^d was sur- 

 pnsed on besjig told that site had been manied 

 for eight rnoiitlis. 



At. Dalx'c ' 1 had an opportiniity of viewino^ 

 the native animal, called Koala or Cola,* and 

 it iimedi^el^r ^iltsed to me (tins being the 

 fim livSiig^e^wweii I had seen) hw fcneeui^ly 

 the published representations of animal were 

 delineated, hcing probably, like most of tlie 

 drawings of Australian animals, as well as many 

 of other countrieSj taken isdm stuffed instead of 

 reoent specimens. TIte ireiry pe&nHa? dioU^ook- 

 ing- physiognomy ^ this little beast was entirely 

 lost in the ?«/V-ropresentation. This animal, the 

 Phascolartos genus of Blainville, was a young* spe- 

 cimeiij and covered over the body with a fine grey 

 iilT^ havinf a ^eddisli tiiiig«, no tall, tears short and. 

 erect, and covered wMi thick long fur <rf a Hght 

 greyish colour, eves snnill, iredcs hrown, nose 

 naked ;nid pointed, nj)per lip divided, upper jaw 

 projecting over the lower, hind feet like tlie opos- 

 sum; lim thntnb ^anlang the n^il. Ttite aathttal 

 laps when drinking, like a d«g^ and is veiy fond of 



* Thfs animal is callcU *' Goribmf ' by the Ya* nutives. 



